fommes 153 Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 At the Film Festival in Ghent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,689 Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 That's the guy who conducted at the one and only film music concert I've ever been to.Why do these damn composers never come to our lonely little island? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Hmm... I think I might make that trip, actually.Anyone else going? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Brossé did a terrific Job conducting Goldsmith. I'd love to see it, but I'm not sure I'd go to the lengths of travelling, and certainly not right now, what with work and (hopefully) uni finals coming up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fommes 153 Posted August 21, 2008 Author Share Posted August 21, 2008 I'm going.Brossé is one of our best conductors, you can't go wrong with him. I'm not sure though if the location is very ideal, but as with the LotR concert I guess they're aiming at a wider public? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Possibly.Either way, sounds like fun and perhaps a good opportunity for a meeting of the lowlands' JWFans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fommes 153 Posted August 21, 2008 Author Share Posted August 21, 2008 Sure! I'll have to arrange things because I'm going with family of mine, but perhaps we could meet up for lunch beforehand or dinner after the concert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Sweet.Any decent but cheap hotels in Gent? I don't particularly feel like driving back home the same night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,795 Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Sweet.Any decent but cheap hotels in Gent? I don't particularly feel like driving back home the same night.You can always sleep in a bench on a park. Thats what they are for... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fommes 153 Posted August 21, 2008 Author Share Posted August 21, 2008 I wouldn't exactly recommend going through the park at night, unless you enjoy those... milieus.I've no idea about hotels in Gent though, I'm afraid. Perhaps a hostel or bed & breakfast or so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,795 Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Just for the record, i'm not staing i have slept on a bench, huh? Just joking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Hmm... I think I might make that trip, actually.Anyone else going?In the last 12 months I've been to Belgium more times then I dreamed in my worst nightmares.At the moment, I have had my fill of that place! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 No JWFan T-shirt reunion then?Bah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Also, money is an issue.Spain was slightly more expensive then anticipated.I gained 3 kilo's you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 You, gain weight?Huh?You're right on the money thing though. I'd love to go, but I'm going to see how expensive everything's going to be before actually going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 In the last 5 years I advanced around 8 kilo's that has stayed there.The large amount of food and drink I sampled in Madrid and Ubeda temporarily added another 3, but happily most of them went down the toilet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,795 Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 I did not need the details AT ALL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 I came to Madrid and found Mojito! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 I did not need the details AT ALL.Well it's not like he told you how it ended up in the toilet.You know, from which end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 I have not trown up since late 2006!And that was as a result of this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fommes 153 Posted August 22, 2008 Author Share Posted August 22, 2008 Money and weight are no excuses at all for missing a bloody John Williams concert!This is gonna be our own Hollywood Bowl. LA is overrated!I've been to Belgium more times then I dreamed in my worst nightmares.At the moment, I have had my fill of that place!I share your pain, man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 Sweet.Any decent but cheap hotels in Gent? I don't particularly feel like driving back home the same night.Do it! Gent is a very beautiful city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 It is, but I like the Dutch flag in the foreground most.Belgium, I believe still has ZERO Olympic medalt this time vround. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 No, the women's team finished second in the 4x100m relay today - they earned a silver medal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 Damn and blast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fommes 153 Posted August 23, 2008 Author Share Posted August 23, 2008 And now we have gold too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitch 57 Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 I'm going back to Bruges this Christmas...might take in Ghent this time round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 In the trail of Colin Farell and Ralph Fiennes? Visit the places they have been? Yes? Hm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,795 Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 I came to Madrid and found Mojito!It's a typican Cuban drink... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Yes, I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 And you don't have to go to Spain to find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 But it makes it more exciting, somehow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Seems like I'm going to have to give this a pass.I'm working that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fommes 153 Posted September 23, 2008 Author Share Posted September 23, 2008 Then quit!A pity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 What a lame excuse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitch 57 Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 I've heard lamer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maglorfin 196 Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 That's the guy who conducted at the one and only film music concert I've ever been to.I've seen him in London in 2005, when he conducted the LSO in the JW's film music concert. It was terrific and he did a great job, so I hope I can see him again sometime, but I won't be able to make it to this concert in Gent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 John Williams in the gents' room? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 So I got my callsheet today. Turns out I'm not working on the 12th after all.Hmm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Playing for time, are we? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TownerFan 4,983 Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 I'll be there along with my brother (who lives in Belgium). If someone of the MBers will be there, let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 So...I was about to order tickets, when it turns out I need to physically pick them up at a Fnac. Since the nearest one is in Belgium and they're open Monday to Friday, this puts in me in a bit of a pickle...I do want to go, but I can't pick up the tickets. If one of my fellow board members who also might be going would be able to order and pick up two tickets for me and make it so I have them by Sunday (either through mail or the much more fun way of actually meeting on the 12th), that would be pretty sweet.Otherwise, it looks like I'm staying at home... - Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fommes 153 Posted October 5, 2008 Author Share Posted October 5, 2008 I was just PMing you that I could go see at a Fnac for tickets for you - when I saw at another forum that they recommend calling/e-mailing the organisation directly for the tickets (rather than reserving through Fnac or Teleticket):http://www.maintitles.net/forum/discussion...-of-ghent-2008/At these concerts you can usually pick tickets up at the desk beforehand.Perhaps that's easier for you?If that doesn't work out, let me know.I think I can make it for a meet-up if you're coming, (not sure though yet).Just saw the programme, which is quite exciting, surprisingly!http://www.maintitles.net/forum/discussion.../#Comment_59855 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TownerFan 4,983 Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Just saw the programme, which is quite exciting, surprisingly!http://www.maintitles.net/forum/discussion.../#Comment_59855Whoa, sounds like a huge and promising program... Can't wait to hear it! By the way, a member of that forum posted an interesting (albeit discomforting) tidbit about the possibility to see JW in concert outside the US:According to the woman who organises the film music concerts, this concert has been prepared and organised over a period of 7 years. On why Williams himself won't attend, she says "Williams himself feels too old to come over. He only wants to tour in the USA anymore for concerts." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fommes 153 Posted October 6, 2008 Author Share Posted October 6, 2008 Any luck with the tickets, Marc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 I sent an e-mail to the festival's info e-mail adress this morning.No reply so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fommes 153 Posted October 7, 2008 Author Share Posted October 7, 2008 Darn it, let me know if you've received something today. Otherwise I'll try and pass by Fnac tomorrow to see if I could reserve tickets live there (but will report back first).Mmkay! I just heard on the Belgian news (weird place) in an interview with the organiser that the JW concert is sold out (supposedly) :sDidn't see that one coming. I'm sure a lot of places will be lost again to officials or business people who don't care at all for the music.... Dammit.(btw Marc, your inbox is full) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 I heard yesterday it was sold out. Damn.- Marc, who has room in his inbox again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 Oh well.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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